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Table of ContentsAbout the Authors ................................................................................................................................................. iiTeaching Suggestions ......................................................................................................................................... viiiChapters 1 & 2 ......................................................................................................................................................1-5 Exercise A ..........................................................................................................................................................1 • Vocabulary Development • Context Clues • Parts of Speech Exercise B .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 • Vocabulary Development • Context Clues Exercise C .......................................................................................................................................................... 2 • Characters Exercise D.......................................................................................................................................................... 3 • Setting Exercise E .......................................................................................................................................................... 3 • Reading Comprehension • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Setting • Character • Plot
Chapters 3 & 4 .................................................................................................................................................. 6-10 Exercise A ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 • Parts of Speech Exercise C .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Drawing Conclusions • Setting • Plot
Chapters 5 & 6 ................................................................................................................................................. 11-14 Exercise A ........................................................................................................................................................11 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 • Synonyms Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 • Reading Comprehension • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Inferences • Character • Cause and Effect • Plot
Chapters 7 & 8 ................................................................................................................................................ 15-18 Exercise A ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
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• Vocabulary Development Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................ 16 • Characters • Main Idea and Supporting Details Exercise D........................................................................................................................................................ 17 • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Character • Drawing Conclusions • Plot
Chapters 9 & 10 ...............................................................................................................................................19-22 Exercise A ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................20 • Synonyms Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................20 • Reading Comprehension • Inferences • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Cause and Effect • Problem and Solution • Character • Plot
Chapters 11 & 12............................................................................................................................................. 23-26 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................23 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................24 • Synonyms • Context Clues Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................25 • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Character • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Plot
Chapters 13 & 14 ............................................................................................................................................ 27-30 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................27 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................28 • Synonyms Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................28 • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Character • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Inferences • Problem and Solution • Setting • Plot
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Chapters 15 & 16 .............................................................................................................................................31-35 Exercise A ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................32 • Parts of Speech Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................32 • Context Clues Exercise D........................................................................................................................................................33 • Setting • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Character • Problem and Solution • Plot
Chapters 17 & 18 .............................................................................................................................................36-41 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................36 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................37 • Context Clues Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................38 • Reading Comprehension • Character • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Problem and Solution • Inferences • Setting • Plot
Chapters 19 & 20 ........................................................................................................................................... 42-44 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................42 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................43 • Vocabulary Development Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................43 • Reading Comprehension • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Setting • Problem and Solution • Cause and Effect • Drawing Conclusions • Inferences • Plot
Chapters 21 & 22 ........................................................................................................................................... 45-48 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................45 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................46 • Vocabulary Development
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Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................46 • Reading Comprehension • Problem and Solution • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Cause and Effect • Character • Plot Chapters 23 & 24 ........................................................................................................................................... 49-52 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................49 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................50 • Synonyms Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................50 • Inferences • Reading Comprehension • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Problem and Solution • Cause and Effect • Drawing Conclusions • Plot Chapters 25 & 26 ........................................................................................................................................... 53-57 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................53 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................54 • Context Clues • Vocabulary Development Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................54 • Reading Comprehension • Character • Problem and Solution • Setting • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Cause and Effect • Plot
Chapters 27 & 28 ........................................................................................................................................... 58-63 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................58 • Vocabulary Development Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................59 • Synonyms • Parts of Speech Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................59 • Reading Comprehension • Cause and Effect • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Character • Problem and Solution • Drawing Conclusions
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Chapters 29 & 30 ........................................................................................................................................... 64-67 Exercise A .......................................................................................................................................................64 • Vocabulary Development • Parts of Speech Exercise B ........................................................................................................................................................65 • Synonyms • Antonyms Exercise C ........................................................................................................................................................65 • Reading Comprehension • Main Idea and Supporting Details • Character • Problem and Solution • Cause and Effect • Inferences • Plot
Descriptive Writing Paper ..................................................................................................................................68
Comparing/Contrasting Paper ............................................................................................................................74
Extension Activities ............................................................................................................................................. 81
Answers ...................................................................................................................................................................83
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Novel Thinking Lesson Guide: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Exercises
Chapter5:TheGoldenTicketsChapter6:TheFirstTwoFinders
A.Vocabulary: Write the underlined vocabulary word next to its definition below. Then name the part of speech (noun, verb, adverb, or adjective) for each word.
1. Wouldn’t it be something to open a bar of candy and see a Golden Ticket glistening inside!
2. The kids who are going to find the Golden Tickets are the ones who can afford to buy candy bars every day.
3. Great flabby folds of fat bulged out from every part of his body, and his face was like a monstrous ball of dough with two small greedy curranty eyes peering out upon the world.
4. Eating is his hobby, but still, that’s better than being a hooligan and shooting off zip guns.
5. Fully grown women were tearing off the wrappers and peering eagerly underneath for a glint of golden paper.
6. “I don’t think the girl’s father played it quite fair, Grandpa, do you?” Charlie murmured.
7. He spoils her, and no good can ever come from spoiling a child like that.
WORD PARTOFSPEECH DEFINITION
1. ___________________ _________ said in a soft, low, indistinct voice
2. ___________________ _________ huge; enormous
3. ___________________ _________ to have the money to buy something
4. ___________________ _________ a young person inclined to mischief
5. ___________________ _________ like a small, sour, red berry that grows on bushes and is used for jellies
6. ___________________ _________ shining as if it was wet
7. ___________________ _________ harming the character of a person by satisfying his or her every desire
8. ___________________ _________ looking closely to see clearly
Name: __________________________ Date: ____________________________
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B. Synonyms: A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same as another. Circle the word or phrase that is a synonym to each vocabulary word below.
1. glistening a. shining b. dull
2. afford a. a car b. has enough money
3. monstrous a. enormous b. mountain
4. curranty a. like a red berry b. new
5. hooligan a. a troublemaker b. a candy bar
6. murmured a. yelled b. spoke softly
7. spoiling a. playing b. indulging
8. peering a. eyeing b. sleeping
C. Comprehension: Answer the following questions in your own words using complete sentences. Use supporting details from the book where applicable.
1. Why would a child want one of the Golden Tickets? (pages 20-21)
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2. Describe the Golden Tickets. Give 2 details. (page 20)
a. _________________________________________________________
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b. _________________________________________________________
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3. What 2 things might Mr. Wonka have to gain by putting out these special candy bars? (page 20)
a. _________________________________________________________
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